VMware Tools — бесплатный набор утилит для улучшения взаимодействия виртуальной машины и платформы VMware. Если у вас Windows Server, то рекомендую установить VMware Tools для смены сетевой карты на vmxnet3, меньше глюков. Как показала практика, другие сетевые карты работают не очень стабильно.
Про сбой сети на виртуальной машине Windows Server 2012 R2 в среде VMware можно почитать здесь.
Про установку VMware Tools на Ubuntu можно почитать здесь.
Стандартный тип сетевого адаптера в vCenter 6.0: E1000.
После долгой эксплуатации на сервере начинаются проблемы — неожиданно пропадает сеть, хотя ОС показывает, что всё в порядке. Но пинги не идут. Помогает disable-enable сетевого адаптера, но для этого необходимо войти на сервер через консоль VMware. Также иногда помогает смена vlan сети, но не всегда. Если заменить сетевой адаптер на vmxnet3 никак нельзя, можно написать простой скрипт, который будет пинговать контроллер домена, и если шлюз недоступен, то передёргивать сеть на сервере.
Проще изменить сетевой адаптер на vmxnet3. Но для этого необходимо установить VMware Tools, что мы и будем делать.
vCenter показывает, если на сервере не стоит утилита:
Кликаем Install VMware Tools. vCenter переспрашивает, действительно ли мы хотим примаунтить инсталляционный диск. Соглашаемся.
На виртуальном сервере появляется новый диск.
Раскрываем диск и запускаем setup.exe.
Запускается инсталлятор, нажимаем Next.
Выбираем тип установки. Я выбираю Typical — меньше телодвижений. Кастомизация в данном случае меня не интересует, но вы можете при желании выбрать другие типы установки.
Начинается процесс установки.
После окончания установки мы видим экран Completed the VMware Tools Setup Wizard.
После нажатия на Finish инсталлятор попросит перезагрузку.
На этом установка VMware Tools на Windows Server 2012 R2 завершена.
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The Windows Server 2012 Core gives you just a basic command prompt window, so where do you click to install the VMware tools? You don’t!
Just click on the Install/Upgrade VMware Tools option in your menu and type the following command :
D:\setup64.exe /S /v"/qn REBOOT=R"
In my lab, the server did not automaticlly reboot, but i really think that it’s better to do it anyway.
shutdown -r -t 1
After the reboot you can check the VMtools service from powershell.
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Rob PrestonJan 25, 2022 11:49 AM
Thanks Dave, worked a treat.
Amarish_parmarMar 21, 2023 05:44 PM
i had same issue, your solution worked for me, thank you
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Can’t install VMware Tools on Windows 2012 Server R2 guestPosted Dec 08, 2018 07:18 PM
I’ve just installed Player 15 (fresh download from vmware.com) on a new Windows 10 x64 laptop.
I created a 2012 R2 guest with an ISO freshly downloaded from Microsoft. VMware tools did not install. Don’t think it auto-mounted the Tools CD.
I tried Player > Manage > Install VMware tools but it’s grayed out.
I mounted windows.iso from my VMware install directory and ran setup64.exe. It says it can’t verify KB2919355 is installed. Windows Update says there are no more updates for this ISO image.
How can I install VMware Tools in this scenario!??
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RE: Can’t install VMware Tools on Windows 2012 Server R2 guestPosted Dec 10, 2018 06:54 PM
80+ views and no answers? Surely SOMEbody has run into this before??
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RE: Can’t install VMware Tools on Windows 2012 Server R2 guestPosted Dec 11, 2018 08:42 AM
Hi Gary,
please make sure that the Windows installation meets the pre-requisites for VMware Tools 10.3.x.
Probably the «Microsoft Visual C++ 2017 Redistributable» is missing. Please see
VMware Knowledge Base
for details.
Andreas
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RE: Can’t install VMware Tools on Windows 2012 Server R2 guestPosted Dec 12, 2018 03:33 AM
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RE: Can’t install VMware Tools on Windows 2012 Server R2 guestPosted Jan 23, 2019 09:34 PM
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RE: Can’t install VMware Tools on Windows 2012 Server R2 guestPosted Jun 11, 2020 08:04 PM
daveester14’s tip is confirmed. Worked with Workstation 15.5 and Win2012R2 standard. Still had to mount the windows.iso manually, but at least sort of … happy now. It still does not remove the need for hitting VMware with a damp towel
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RE: Can’t install VMware Tools on Windows 2012 Server R2 guestPosted Jan 25, 2022 11:49 AM
Thanks Dave, worked a treat.
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RE: Can’t install VMware Tools on Windows 2012 Server R2 guestPosted Mar 21, 2023 05:44 PM
i had same issue, your solution worked for me, thank you
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RE: Can’t install VMware Tools on Windows 2012 Server R2 guestPosted Jun 05, 2019 10:56 AM
I am hitting this, and it’s pathetic on VMware’s part.
Because I’m required to install windows updates on 2012 before having vmware tools be able to update, I am blocked from using the vmware tools network driver to install windows updates. Using the vm is extremely cumbersome. This means the whole process takes over an hour.
I actually tried to create an iso that I can mount from ESX with some of the software on it but I bumped into this problem as well.
This is a REALLY bad decision to not make vmware tools contain the Visual C++ executables. I realize there may be some newer features in tools that take advantage of advanced windows features, but a KEY point of vmware is being able to support older operating systems on new hardware.
This is a complete failure of that mission.
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RE: Can’t install VMware Tools on Windows 2012 Server R2 guestPosted Oct 24, 2019 08:23 AM
Today, I run to this problem. VMware Workstation v15. After some google and try, the solution is:
1. Get Windows Update
2. Manually install Update Package (KB2919355) from here
3. In Add Role and Feature, install .NET 3.5 Framework.
4. Install VMTools normally
To install VMWare Guest Tools on Windows Server 2012 Core, do:
1. From the menu , click on the Install/Upgrade VMware Tools option.
2. Open a command prompt window in the Windows 2012 Core Guest VM and if your Windows 2012 core is 64bit then, type:
D:\setup64.exe /S /v”/qn REBOOT=R”
3. The server may not automatically reboot, but i really think that it’s better to do it anyway.
shutdown -r -t 1
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When installing vmware tools it is grayed out or the following error appears:
Continue to judge according to the prompt in the error report, suspecting that the patch has not been hit, then I downloaded the patch included in the KB2919355 group
Download link: https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/search.aspx?q=kb2919355
During the process, I clicked on other patches and found that they could be installed unexpectedly, so I suspected that KB2919355 patch installation is dependent and in order.
Starting from the second patch, install the other five patches in sequence, and finally install KB2919355, it can be installed,
After KB2919355 is installed, VMware Tools can also be installed
